Loading ...Since its sunday, my metric for CV
Is auto accidents and deaths. Not to be callous, but 1.4 million people die each year in car accidents. US is about 40k a year. At this point we are less than 25% of that total globally and in US. It is far from over, but sometimes perspective is required. Its unknown how far this will go, and only time will tell.
If car accidents were contagious with an r0 factor of 2, pretty soon there would be any cars left on the road.
No, there would still be cars left – the good drivers would be left. That is akin to the people with normal immune systems.
Fewer car deaths ?
That’s a great corollary I guess.
Maybe they will ban cars
Sir Fullgoldcrown,
Banning of “real” cars a.k.a. internal combustion engine cars, has been a long standing goal.
Could not resist sharing this great piece by the respectable Clive Maund that was penned about a 100 days back.
https://www.clivemaund.com/article.php?id=5261
GL
100k deaths, 1968 Hong Kong flu, new type A flu pandemic, US pop 200m, corresponds to 150k deaths today’s 300m pop.
They happen two or three times every century.
It’s like stock crashes. The first one you see seems like the end of the world. After that you learn to expect them.
My grandfather told me that during the Spanish flu epidemic of 1918 his doctor’s prescription was a teaspoon of scotch twice a day. He was 11 at the time.